KR101791058B1 - System for notifying movement of international roamer, roaming service apparatus, method and computer readable medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a roaming service. More particularly, the present invention relates to an overseas movement notification system capable of informing a user of arrival or departure of a user who is subscribed to an overseas roaming service to a predetermined contact when arriving or departing in a foreign country, A service apparatus, a method, and a recording medium.
To this end, a method for notifying a foreign movement according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an information receiving step of receiving location registration information or power off state information from a connection controller, receiving, when the location registration information or power off state information is received, A response message reception step of receiving an arrival or departure response message corresponding to the arrival or departure confirmation message, and a step of receiving an arrival or departure response message, Or a start message is transmitted to the destination terminal. According to the final decision of the user before the arrival or departure message is transmitted to the predetermined destination terminal, an arrival or departure message is transmitted to the preset destination terminal Thus, the system's indiscriminate resource bag There is a feature to stop.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, a mobile communication system, a mobile communication system, a mobile communication system, a mobile communication system,

The present invention relates to a roaming service. More particularly, the present invention relates to an overseas movement notification system capable of informing a user of arrival or departure of a user who is subscribed to an overseas roaming service to a predetermined contact when arriving or departing in a foreign country, A service apparatus, a method, and a recording medium.

The ultimate goal of mobile telecommunication services is to make telecommunication services available whenever and wherever. However, in order to enable mobile communication services whenever and wherever, it is necessary to solve the problem of the service management area of the mobile communication service provider. For this purpose, many mobile communication service providers provide roaming service.

The roaming service is a service in which a user of a mobile communication service communicates with a mobile communication service provider in a service management area of another mobile communication service provider, Means a service that is made available to the public.

Particularly, overseas roaming service has been rapidly increasing due to overseas travel such as overseas trips, language training and business trips, and so on.

At this time, when the location registration is performed after the power of the mobile terminal is turned on, the people who arrive abroad often try to communicate to the acquaintances such as family members or friends in Korea to inform their arrival. However, if you attempt to make a telephone connection simply to inform you of the arrival, expensive international call charges will be charged, resulting in costly burdens and time consuming.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. In particular, when a user subscribed to an overseas roaming service arrives or departs in a foreign country, A mobile notification system, a terminal and a roaming service apparatus, a method, and a recording medium therefor.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an overseas moving notification system capable of preventing unreasonable resource waste of the system by notifying arrival or departure facts to preset contacts according to a decision of a user subscribed to an overseas roaming service, An apparatus, a method, and a recording medium.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an over-the-air movement notification system for transmitting location registration request information to a connection controller when a terminal is powered on, If the arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the connection controller, the terminal generates the arrival or departure response message and transmits the arrival or departure response message to the connection controller. When the power off state information is received, location registration is performed to transmit location registration information or power off state information to the roaming service device. When the arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the roaming service device, Or a departure response message is received, connection control And when the location registration or power off state information is received from the connection controller, generates or transmits an arrival or departure confirmation message to the connection controller, and when the arrival or departure response message is received from the connection controller, And a roaming service apparatus for transmitting a message.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal including a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information through a communication network, and a communication unit for transmitting location registration request information to a connection controller through a communication unit when the terminal is powered on, And a controller for generating power off state information and transmitting the power off state information to the connection controller through the communication unit when the power off button is detected.

At this time, when the arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the connection controller, the controller generates an arrival or departure response message corresponding to the arrival or departure confirmation message and controls transmission to the connection controller through the communication unit.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a roaming service apparatus including a communication unit that transmits / receives information through a communication network, a storage unit that stores information related to an overseas mobile notification service, Information is received from the connection controller, the controller transmits an arrival or departure confirmation message to the connection controller through the communication unit, and when at least one of the arrival or departure response message is received from the connection controller, And a control unit for transmitting at least one of a start message and a start message through a communication unit.

At this time, the information related to the overseas mobile notification service includes user terminal information registered in the foreign mobile notification service, information of the called terminal to receive the arrival or departure message set by the user, a basic message set by the control unit, Content information, and content information.

At this time, the information related to the foreign mobile notification service may further include schedule information.

At this time, the controller compares the received information with at least one of the location registration information and the power-off state information, and compares the received information with previously registered schedule information to check the user's stay country information, Or may include country information in the departure message.

At this time, the message may be at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, a multimedia message service (MMS) message, and a voice message service (VMS) message.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an overseas moving notification method comprising: receiving information on location registration information or power off state information from a connection controller; receiving location registration information or power off state information; A response message reception step of receiving an arrival or departure response message corresponding to the arrival or departure confirmation message, and an arrival or departure response message, And a message transmission step for transmitting the message.

In this case, the information storing step may further include storing information of at least one of user terminal information, called terminal information, message content information, and schedule information prior to the information receiving step.

At this time, in the message transmission step, when the location registration information or the power off state information is received, the message transmission step compares the received location registration information or the power off state information with previously registered schedule information, And a message transmission step of transmitting the arrival or departure message including the country information to the preset destination terminal after confirming the residence country information of the user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having an information storage step of storing information of at least one of user terminal information, called terminal information, message content information, and schedule information, Thereafter, a program for realizing a message transmission step of transmitting an arrival or departure message to a predetermined destination terminal when an information reception step of receiving location registration information or power off state information and a location registration information or power off state information is received Can be recorded.

According to the present invention, when a user subscribed to an overseas roaming service arrives or departs in a foreign country, it is possible to notify not only the arrival fact but also the departure fact effectively with a preset contact.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent waste of resources of the system by informing the arrival or departure fact to the preset contact according to the decision of the user subscribed to the foreign roaming service.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a roaming system for explaining an overseas movement notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the terminal shown in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the roaming service apparatus shown in FIG.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing information related to an overseas mobile notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign travel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view illustrating a terminal receiving an arrival confirmation message and an arrival message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign movement according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a terminal receiving a start confirmation message and a start message according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign travel according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a data flow chart illustrating a method for notifying a foreign travel according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. This is to omit the unnecessary description so as to convey the key of the present invention more clearly without fading. Also, the terms first, second, etc. are used for describing various components and are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component, and are not used to define the components.

The same reference numerals are used for portions having similar functions and functions throughout the drawings.

Hereinafter, an overseas movement notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a roaming system for explaining an overseas movement notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a roaming system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a home network 10, a visited network 20, and a roaming service apparatus 30.

The home network 10 is a mobile communication network of a service provider to which the terminal 40 subscribes and the visiting network 20 is a mobile communication network of a service provider who has entered into a roaming agreement with the home network 10, Means an overseas network, but is not limited thereto.

Here, the terminal 40 may include a calling terminal 40_1 and a called terminal 40_2. In this case, the calling terminal 40_1 is a terminal 40 of a user who wants to use the foreign mobile notification service, The terminal 40_2 is a terminal 40 of the user to receive the foreign movement notification message according to the setting of the user of the calling terminal 40_1.

1 is configured to perform communication with the second connection controller 21 of the visited network 20 but the present invention is not limited thereto and the calling terminal 40_1 may be connected to the home network 10 The first connection controller 11 of the mobile communication terminal 10 may communicate with the first connection controller 11 of the mobile communication terminal.

A more detailed operation of the terminal 40 will be described later with reference to FIG.

The home network 10 and the visited network 20 described above are configured to include a first connection controller 11 and a second connection controller 21 and a first location register 12 and a second location register 22, .

The first connection controller 11 and the second connection controller 21 perform call connection processing and service interlocking processing for the user subscribed to the roaming service in the home network 10 and the visited network 20, The second location register 22 and the second location register 22 to provide a call connection or a service to which the user subscribes. The first connection controller 11 and the second connection controller 21 may exemplify a mobile switching center (MSC) in the case of a circuit switched network and a CSCF Control Function).

The first location register 12 and the second location register 12 store and manage user information subscribed to the mobile communication service, for example, subscription-added service information for each user and cell-based location information of the user terminal. Also, profile information of the calling terminal 40_1 and the called terminal 40_2 is stored. Profile information at this time includes MIN (user phone number), ESN (mobile phone serial number), user mobile communication Service information, and the like.

At this time, the first location register 12 may store information of a user who has applied for the use of the foreign mobile notification service of the present invention (e.g., identification information such as user's phone number information) The subscriber terminal 40_1 authenticates whether the subscriber terminal 40_1 joins the service.

The first location register 12 and the second location register 22 may be a home location register (HLR), a visitor location register (VLR), a home subscriber server (HSS), or the like.

The home network 10 or the visited network 20 may be configured to include a base station (not shown) and a base station controller (not shown), which are wireless section devices provided by each network so that the terminal 40 can access the network .

A base station (not shown) is used for transmitting / receiving radio signals of the terminal 40, converting the communication protocol, and encrypting / demodulating the terminal 40 by checking the position of the terminal 40. A base station controller (not shown) (Not shown) and performs functions such as allocation control of a communication channel to the terminal 40 and handover, and may vary according to a wireless interval protocol. However, the RAS of the WiBro network A Radio Access Station (RAS), an Access Control Router (ACR), a base station transceiver system (BTS) and a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM or CDMA network, a NodeB and an RNC . The home network 10 or the visited network 20 may further include a message center (not shown) and the like in addition to the base station (not shown) and the base station controller (not shown) However, since this is also a known component, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The home network 10 and the visited network 20 may be mobile communication networks operated by different operators or separate mobile communication networks operated in different countries and may be connected through a roaming gateway (not shown).

A roaming gateway (not shown) is a gateway device for supporting a connection between a home network 10 and a visited network 20 using different communication methods. The roaming gateway converts a protocol between two networks to be linked, for example, WCDMA (Such as UMTS), CDMA, GSM, ANSI-41, PDC, and the like, and is responsible for various control functions necessary for maintenance and the like, The description is omitted because it is a known technique.

The roaming service apparatus 30 is an apparatus for providing an overseas movement notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The roaming service apparatus 30 stores information related to an overseas movement notification service. The roaming service apparatus 30 receives location registration information or power- And transmits an arrival or departure confirmation message to the connection controller. When an arrival or acknowledgment message corresponding to the arrival or departure confirmation message is received, the terminal 40_2 transmits the arrival or departure confirmation message to the connection controller 40_2 And send an arrival or departure message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the roaming service apparatus 30 transmits an arrival or departure message to a predetermined called terminal 40_2.

Here, a message center for transmitting a message between the roaming service apparatus 30 and a predetermined called terminal 40_2 may be further included, but a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A more specific roaming service apparatus 30 will be described later with reference to FIG. 3, and an operation procedure of the roaming system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

Hereinafter, a main configuration of a terminal for using an overseas mobile notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the terminal shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a terminal 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 41 and a control unit 42.

The communication unit 41 communicates with the home network 10 or the visited network 20 and communicates with the first connection controller 11 of the home network 10 or the second connection controller 20 21) to transmit and receive information.

The communication unit 41 of the present invention can be used for wireless communication such as Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), ZigBee, WLAN (Wireless LAN), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) It is possible to connect with the home network 10 or the visited network 20.

In addition, the communication unit 41 of the present invention includes all other widely known or future wireless communication methods.

The control unit 42 is responsible for overall control of the terminal 40 and may be, for example, a central processing unit (CPU).

In particular, the controller 42 of the present invention generates position registration request information when the calling terminal 40_1 of the user subscribed to the foreign movement notification service is turned on, To the first connection controller (11) or the second connection controller (21) of the home network (10) or the visited network (20).

The process of registering the location of the terminal after the power of the terminal is turned on is a well-known technique, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the power of the terminal is turned off, that is, when the power of the terminal is turned on, the controller 42 generates power-off state information and transmits the power-off state information to the home network 10 or the first connection controller 11 or the second connection controller 21 of the visited network 20. [

At this time, when an arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the first connection controller 11 or the second connection controller 21 of the home network 10 or the visited network 20, a corresponding arrival or departure response message is generated, To the first connection controller 11 or the second connection controller 21 of the home network 10 or the visited network 20 through the communication unit 41. [

A more detailed communication process between the terminal 40 and the home network 10 or the visited network 20 will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 to FIG.

The terminal 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an input unit 43, a display unit 44, and a storage unit 45.

The input unit 43 transmits an electrical signal corresponding to a user input for controlling the operation of the terminal 40 to the control unit 42. The input unit 43 according to the embodiment of the present invention, 10 or the arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the first connection controller 11 or the second connection controller 21 of the visited network 20, a user input for generating a corresponding arrival or departure response message is supported .

The input unit 43 may be any type of input means that can be developed in addition to input means such as a keypad, a pointing device such as a touch pad, a touch screen, a joystick, and a mouse.

The display unit 44 visually displays various functions executed by the terminal 40. Particularly, the display unit 44 according to the embodiment of the present invention displays the functions of the terminal 40 such as the arrival or departure confirmation message, Various message information exchanged between the home network 10 and the visited network 20 can be visually displayed.

The display unit 44 may be implemented as a display unit such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an LED (Light Emitting Diodes), an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), a flexible display, a 3D display In the case of the display unit 44 including the touch screen, the function corresponding to the input unit 43 can be performed at the same time.

The storage unit 45 stores various data necessary for the operation of the terminal 40, and may store the terminal operating system and may store various application programs. In addition, the data stored in the storage unit 45 may be deleted, changed or added according to the user's operation. The storage unit 45 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be a flash memory, a hard disk a storage medium such as a hard disk, a multimedia card micro type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), a RAM, a ROM, and the like.

The terminal 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be used for various applications such as a mobile communication terminal device such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a portable media player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA) Any terminal capable of wireless communication is applicable to the terminal of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a roaming service apparatus 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the roaming service apparatus shown in FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, a roaming service apparatus 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

The communication unit 31 communicates with the first connection controller 11 of the home network 10 to transmit and receive information. In the embodiment of the present invention, the communication unit 31 transmits and receives information with the first connection controller 11 of the home network 10 By way of example, but not by way of limitation.

The communication unit 31 of the present invention can be used for wireless communication such as Bluetooth, infrared communication (IrDA), ZigBee, WLAN (Wireless LAN), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Which may be connected to the terminal 40, and includes all other well-known or future developed wireless communication schemes.

The storage unit 32 stores various kinds of information for the foreign movement notification service according to the embodiment of the present invention. For example, the various information for the foreign movement notification service includes, for example, user terminal information 32a subscribed to the foreign movement notification service, At least any one of the destination terminal information 32b to receive the foreign movement notification message set by the user, the basic message set by the control section 33 to be described later, or the arrival or departure message content information 32c set by the user And may further include the user's overseas movement schedule information 32d.

The storage unit 32 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include all kinds of storage media such as RAM, ROM, hard disk, flash memory, CD-ROM, DVD as well as network access storage.

The information stored in the storage unit 32 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

The control unit 33 is responsible for the overall control of the roaming service apparatus 30. Particularly, the control unit 33 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the location registration information from the first connection controller 11 through the communication unit 31 The first connection controller 11 transmits an arrival or departure confirmation message to the first connection controller 11 via the communication unit 31 and receives an arrival or departure response message from the first connection controller 11, The communication unit 31 transmits at least one of the arrival or departure message to the preset destination terminal.

At this time, when there is schedule information registered in advance in the storage unit 32, the control unit 33 compares the time when the location registration information or the power off state information is received with the schedule information registered in advance, And may further include country information in the arrival or departure confirmation message, the arrival or departure message, and the like.

At this time, the message may be at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, a multimedia message service (MMS) message, and a voice message service (VMS) message.

Although the roaming service apparatus 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described as an example of an independent apparatus type, the present invention is not limited thereto and the first connection controller 11 may serve as the roaming service apparatus 30. [

In addition, the roaming service apparatus 30 of the present invention may be implemented as one or more servers operating in a server-based computing system or a cloud system. In particular, information related to the foreign mobile notification service can be provided through a cloud computing function that can be permanently stored in a cloud computing device on the Internet. Here, cloud computing utilizes Internet technology in digital terminals such as desktops, tablet computers, laptops, netbooks and smart phones to provide virtualized IT (Information Technology) resources such as hardware (server, storage, (Database, security, web server, etc.), service, data, etc. on demand. In the present invention, all information related to the foreign mobile notification service may be stored in the cloud computing device on the Internet and transmitted to the terminal 40 at any time.

Hereinafter, a method of storing information related to the overseas mobile notification service in the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of storing information related to an overseas mobile notification service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, in order to use the foreign moving notification service according to the embodiment of the present invention, the user must first apply for using the foreign moving notification service.

The service utilization application may be applied by accessing a web site of a mobile communication provider providing an overseas mobile notification service, applying through a separate application program, applying through an automatic response system provided by a mobile communication provider, You can also visit the service management office of the provider and apply for it.

Among the above methods, in the case of a method of accessing a website and applying for a service, or a method of visiting a service management point of a mobile communication service provider, a user can input user terminal information to be used for service, such as a mobile terminal phone number, The terminal information currently used by the user can be automatically input to the roaming service device 30 when applying through an application program of the mobile communication service provider or by using an automatic response system provided by a telecommunication carrier.

When the input of the user terminal information is completed (S101), the user terminal information is stored in the storage unit 32 of the roaming service apparatus 30, and the called terminal information to receive the foreign movement notification message is set (S103).

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a destination terminal to receive an overseas movement notification message will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The terminal may be a personal blog URL including a micro blog, a personal homepage URL, The same social network (social network) can be set up a variety of destination media.

At this time, the message may be in the form of a message of at least one of an SMS (Short Message Service) message, an MMS (Multimedia Message Service) message, a VMS message (Voice Message Service), and a plain text message. 30), and the user can directly input a specific phrase to set the content of the message (S105).

When the service use registration is completed through the above-described process, the set contents are stored in the storage unit 32 of the roaming service apparatus 30. At this time, the called terminal information and the message content information are mapped and stored in the user terminal information (S107).

In addition, the user may previously register the schedule information in the foreign country and store it in the roaming service apparatus 30. [

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in order to use the foreign mobile notification service, the destination mobile station information to receive the foreign mobile notification message after setting the user terminal and the contents of the foreign mobile notification message are set in the order of description, no.

Hereinafter, a method for notifying a foreign travel according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign travel according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The method for notifying the foreign travel according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a process of returning to the home country in the state of roaming abroad and then transmitting the arrival message in the home network 10 to the called terminal 40_2.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 5, when the source terminal 40_1 is powered on, the first location register 12 performs location registration (S201).

Since the process until the location registration is performed after turning on the power of the calling terminal 40_1 is a known technique, a detailed description will be omitted.

Thereafter, when the location registration information is transmitted from the first location register 12 to the first connection controller 11 (S203), the first connection controller 11 determines whether it is the initial location registration (S205) , And transmits the location registration to the roaming service apparatus 30 (S207).

The roaming service device 30 confirms the user terminal information included in the location registration, and then transmits information related to foreign mobile notification services based on user settings stored in correspondence with the user terminal information, for example, destination terminal information for receiving an arrival or departure message, And arrival or departure message information set by the user (S209).

Thereafter, the first connection controller 11 transmits an arrival confirmation message (S211), and the first connection controller 11 transmits an arrival confirmation message to the calling terminal 40_1 (S213).

For example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the calling terminal 40_1 receives the arrival confirmation message 40a "Did you arrive in Korea?" And generates a arrival response message when the user presses the Yes button 40b The first connection controller 11 may transmit the cancellation response message to the first connection controller 11 in step S215 and the cancel response message in step S215 by pressing the no button 40c.

The first connection controller 11 transmits the received arrival response message to the roaming service apparatus 30 and the roaming service apparatus 30 transmits the arrival message to the preset called terminal 40_2 at step S221.

At this time, the arrival message may transmit at least one of the SMS message, the MMS message, and the VMS message, and may transmit the basic message set by the roaming service apparatus 30 or the message according to the user setting.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, it is possible to transmit an arrival message 40d of "OOO has arrived at Korea at 7:00 pm on July 7 ", and the user of the called terminal 40_2 It is possible to connect with the user of the calling terminal 40_1 by pressing a button such as the call connection 40e and the message transmission 40f or may try to connect later by pressing the OK button 40g.

Also, with the content that the user wants, for example, "I arrived in Korea 7 o'clock at 7 pm. May be set to be transmitted.

Hereinafter, a method for notifying a foreign travel according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign movement according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The method for notifying the foreign travel according to the second embodiment of the present invention illustrates a process of transmitting the departure message from the home network 10 to the called terminal 40_2 before the foreign travel.

7, the calling terminal 40_1 generates power-off state information (S303), and transmits the power-off state information to the first connection controller 11 (step S302) when the power-off button of the calling terminal 40_1 is detected (S305). The first connection controller 11 determines whether power-off state information is received for the first time (S307). If it is the initial reception, the first connection controller 11 transmits power-off state information to the roaming service apparatus 30 (S307) After confirming the user terminal information, the device 30 stores the information related to the overseas moving notification service based on the user setting, for example, the destination terminal information to receive the arrival or departure message, the arrival or departure message set by the user Information and the like (S311).

Thereafter, the first connection controller 11 transmits a start confirmation message to the first connection controller 11 (S313), and the first connection controller 11 transmits a start confirmation message to the calling terminal 40_1 (S315).

For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the calling terminal 40_1 receives the departure confirmation message 40h of "Departing overseas?" And then the user presses the Yes button 40i, To the first connection controller 11 in step S317 and to generate a cancellation response message in step S319 by pressing the no button 40j to transmit the cancellation response message to the first connection controller 11. [

At this time, if the roaming service apparatus 30 further includes the schedule information previously registered by the user setting, after confirming the schedule and the stay country corresponding to the time when the power off state information is received, It may send the departure confirmation message 40h to the confirmation message 40h in the form of the residence country information, for example, "Are you leaving the US?".

The first connection controller 11 that has received the departure response message transmits the received message to the roaming service apparatus 30 in step S321 and the roaming service apparatus 30 transmits the departure message to the preset called terminal 40_2. (S323).

For example, as shown in FIG. 8D, the originating message 40k of "000 has departed to the United States at 7:00 pm on July 7" can be transmitted. Since the power of the calling terminal 40_1 is off, You can send a message by pressing the Send Message (40l) button, or try to connect later by pressing the OK (40m) button.

In this way, by sensing the on / off state of the power of the user originating terminal 40_1 and confirming the intention of the final user before transmitting the arrival or departure message to the acquaintances, It is possible to waste the transmission of indiscriminate arrival or departure messages, thereby making it possible to use system resources more efficiently.

In addition, it may induce natural call connection or message transmission by the user of the called terminal 40_2 that has received the arrival message and the start message, thereby generating a profit of the communication carrier providing the mobile communication service.

Hereinafter, a method of transmitting an arrival or departure message to the called terminal 40_2 of the home network 10 after the calling terminal 40_1 roams to the visited network 20 will be described with reference to FIG. 9 or 10. FIG.

Hereinafter, a method of notifying a foreign travel according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a data flow chart illustrating a method of notifying a foreign travel according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

The method for notifying the foreign travel according to the third embodiment of the present invention illustrates a process of generating and transmitting an arrival message in the visited network 20 after moving overseas.

Here, it is assumed that the calling terminal 40_1 is located in the visited network 20 with the roaming roaming terminal 40 and the called roaming terminal 40_2 is the terminal 40 located in the home network 10.

The operation process between the main components of the home network 10 and the visited network 20, such as the first connection controller 11 or the second connection controller 21 shown in FIG. 1, is a known technology , And a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

It is also possible to use a known technique such as a process of confirming whether the provider of the calling terminal 40_1 is a mobile communication provider roaming with the mobile communication provider providing the visited network 20 through the business ID number of the calling terminal 40_1 All explanations are omitted.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the originating terminal 40_1 in an overseas roaming state is powered on, the location registration is performed (S401).

5, the process of determining whether the location registration received by the first connection controller 11 of the home network 10 is the first reception has been described with reference to FIG. 5, so that a detailed description will be omitted. Step < / RTI >

Thereafter, the location registration is transmitted from the home network 10 to the roaming service apparatus 30 in step S403. After confirming the user information in step S405, the roaming service apparatus 30 transmits an arrival confirmation message to the home network 10 S407), the home network 10 transmits an arrival confirmation message to the visited network 20 (S409).

The visiting network 20 transmits the arrival confirmation message again to the calling terminal 40_1 in operation S411 and the calling terminal 40_1 generates the arrival response message in operation S413 and transmits the arrival response message to the home network 20, ) To the roaming service apparatus 30 (S415 to S419).

The roaming service apparatus 30 transmits an arrival message to the called terminal 40_2 (S421).

Hereinafter, a method for notifying a foreign travel according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 10 is a data flow chart illustrating a method for notifying a foreign travel according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The method of notifying the foreign travel according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is a method of generating and transmitting a departure message in the visited network 20.

Similarly, it is assumed that the calling terminal 40_1 is located in the visited network 20 with the roaming roaming terminal 40 and the called roaming terminal 40_2 is the terminal 40 located in the home network 20.

10, the calling terminal 40_1 generates power-off state information (S503), and transmits the power-off state information to the visiting network 20_1, the home network 20-2, 10) to the roaming service apparatus (S505 to S509).

After confirming the user information, the roaming service apparatus 30 transmits the departure confirmation message again to the calling terminal 40_1 via the home network 10 and the visited network 20 (S513 to S517).

Upon receiving the departure confirmation message, the calling terminal 40_1 generates a departure response message (S519), and transmits the generated departure response message to the roaming service device 30 via the home network 20 and the home network 10 (S521 to S525).

The roaming service apparatus 30 transmits a start message to the preset called terminal 40_2 (S527).

The method for notifying the foreign travel according to the first to fourth embodiments of the present invention has been described by taking a call destination as a destination medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and a personal blog including a micro blog, A social network application that can be installed in the mobile communication network, and may transmit an overseas movement notification message.

In addition, the method for notifying the user of an overseas movement according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination, and includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include an optical recording medium such as a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, a compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), and a digital video disk (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and the like, such as a magneto-optical medium such as a magneto-optical medium and a floppy disk, And hardware devices that are specifically configured to perform the functions described herein.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that numerous changes and modifications can be made to the invention. And all such modifications and changes as fall within the scope of the present invention are therefore to be regarded as being within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a system and method for an overseas mobile communication system capable of informing a user of arrival and departure of a mobile communication service by a predetermined contact when a user subscribed to an overseas roaming service arrives or departs in a foreign country, It is possible to effectively notify the departure fact as well as the arrival date with the set contact, thereby increasing convenience for the user. In addition, through the above-described present invention, it is effective to induce a call connection or a message transmission of users who have received arrival or departure, thereby generating profit of a mobile communication service provider, and ultimately, We can contribute to development.

10: home network 11: first connection controller 12: first location register
20: visited network 21: second connection controller 22: second location register
30: roaming service apparatus 40: terminal 40_1: calling terminal 40_2: called terminal 100: roaming system

Claims (12)

When the terminal power is turned on, the location registration request information is transmitted to the connection controller. If the terminal power off button is detected, the power off state information is generated and transmitted to the connection controller. A terminal for generating an arrival or departure response message and transmitting the arrival or departure response message to the connection controller when the arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the connection controller;
When the location registration request information or power off state information is received from the terminal, location registration information or power off state information is transmitted to the roaming service device by performing location registration, and when an arrival or departure confirmation message is received from the roaming service device A connection controller for transmitting to the terminal a roaming service device that receives an arrival or departure response message from the terminal; And
When the location registration or power off state information is received from the connection controller, generates an arrival or departure confirmation message to the connection controller, and when the arrival or departure response message is received from the connection controller, Or a roaming service device for transmitting a start message;
Wherein the system comprises: A communication unit for transmitting and receiving information through a communication network;
An input unit for supporting user input; And
When an arrival confirmation message is received from the roaming service apparatus through the communication unit after the location registration request information is transmitted to the roaming service apparatus through the communication unit when the terminal power is turned on, And generates an arrival response message according to the user input and transmits the arrival response message to the roaming service apparatus through the communication unit to control the arrival message to be transmitted to the preset destination terminal. In response to user input through the input unit, And generates a power-off state information and transmits the power-off state information to the roaming service apparatus through the communication unit. When a departure confirmation message is received from the roaming service apparatus, a departure response message is generated according to user input through the input unit To the roaming service apparatus, A control unit for controlling the words to be transmitted to be transmitted;
And a terminal device. delete A communication unit for transmitting and receiving information through a communication network;
A storage unit for storing information related to the overseas mobile notification service; And
And transmits the arrival confirmation message to the terminal of the user via the connection controller when the generated location registration information is received according to the location registration request information of the terminal of the user subscribed to the roaming service through the base communication unit, When an arrival response message is received via the controller, the terminal transmits an arrival message to the called terminal preset by the user, and when the power off state information is received from the terminal of the user, A control unit for transmitting a departure confirmation message and transmitting a departure message to the called terminal set by the user when the departure response message is received from the terminal via the connection controller;
The roaming service apparatus comprising: 5. The method of claim 4,
The information related to the overseas moving notification service
At least one of at least one of the user terminal information in the foreign mobile notification service, the called terminal information to receive the arrival or departure message set by the user, the basic message set by the controller, or the arrival or departure message content information set by the user Of the roaming service apparatus. 6. The method of claim 5,
The information related to the overseas moving notification service
And further includes schedule information. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control unit
After receiving at least any one of the location registration information and the power-off state information, compares the received information with previously registered schedule information to check the user's staying country information, and then transmits the arrival or departure confirmation message, And transmits the message including the country information to the roaming service apparatus. 5. The method of claim 4,
The message
Wherein the message is at least one of a short message service (SMS) message, a multimedia message service (MMS) message, and a voice message service (VMS) message. The terminal,
Transmitting location registration request information to a roaming service apparatus when the terminal is powered on;
Receiving and outputting an arrival confirmation message from the roaming service device;
Transmitting the generated arrival response message to the roaming service apparatus so that an arrival message is transmitted to a preset destination terminal when an arrival response message is generated according to user input in response to the arrival confirmation message;
The method comprising the steps of: The terminal,
Generating power off state information and transmitting the generated power off state information to the roaming service apparatus when a push of a terminal power off button according to a user input is detected;
Receiving and outputting a departure confirmation message from the roaming service apparatus;
Transmitting the generated departure response message to the roaming service apparatus so that a departure message is transmitted to a preset destination terminal when a departure response message is generated according to a user input in response to the departure confirmation message;
The method comprising the steps of: Receiving, from the terminal, the location registration request information generated as the connection controller turns on the terminal power, or the power off state information generated as the terminal power off button is pressed;
Transmitting, by the connection controller, location registration information generated by performing location registration or the received power off state information to a roaming service apparatus;
The connection controller receiving an arrival confirmation message, which is a response to the location registration information, or a departure confirmation message, which is a response to the power off state information, from the roaming service device;
Receiving, by the connection controller, an arrival response message that is a response to the arrival confirmation message or a departure response message that is a response to the departure confirmation message from the terminal;
The connection controller transmitting the arrival response message or the departure response message to the roaming service device; And
Transmitting, by the roaming service apparatus, a start message, which is a response to the arrival response message or a start message, which is a response to the start response message, to the destination terminal preset by the terminal;
The method comprising the steps of: 12. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method for notifying the user of a foreign movement according to any one of claims 9 to 11.

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